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Haurongo: Wakefield, Edward

Haurongo tūhonohono

Atkinson, Harry Albert

1831–1892

Farmer, soldier, politician, social reformer, premier

Ballance, John

1839–1893

Newspaper proprietor and editor, politician, premier

Fox, William

1812 (year uncertain)–1893

Explorer, politician, premier, painter, social reformer

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Hall, John

1824–1907

Runholder, politician, premier

Rolleston, William

1831–1903

Public administrator, politician, provincial superintendent, educationalist

Stafford, Edward William

1819–1901

Politician, premier, runholder, pedigree stock-breeder, provincial superintendent, businessman, sportsman

Biographies that mention Wakefield, Edward

Gisborne, William

1825–1898

Public servant, politician, writer

Willis, Archibald Dudingston

1842–1908

Printer, bookseller, publisher, politician

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Edmund Bohan. 'Wakefield, Edward', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/129131/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).